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===== How can I =====
==== vertical alignment of columns ====
  * [[pretty_print_csv_data#vim | pretty print csv data in vim]]
==== show line endings ====
  * https://stackoverflow.com/questions/3569997/how-to-find-out-line-endings-in-a-text-file -> https://stackoverflow.com/a/3570051
==== change the encoding to utf-8 ====
<code>
:set fileencoding=utf8
:w myfilename
</code>
Ref:- https://stackoverflow.com/questions/9310274/how-can-i-use-vim-to-convert-my-file-to-utf8

==== insert newline in search and replace ====
  :%s/29/\r29/gc
will insert a new line before each occurrence of 29.
  * https://stackoverflow.com/questions/71323/how-to-replace-a-character-by-a-newline-in-vim


==== join lines with a character ====
  :nmap J :s/\n/, /^M

  * https://vi.stackexchange.com/a/14248/12620

==== Preprocess files before diffing them ====
  * [[Preprocess files before diffing them]]
tags | vimdiff, sort


==== print full file name ====

  * :echo expand("%:p")
  * :!ls %:p
  * :!realpath % - be aware that realpath is not POSIX
  * :!echo "$PWD/%" - very difficult to type this!
  * 1 followed by ctrl-g - shows full path name but does not expand "~" to home directory
  * :'<,'>!realpath % - to replace the current selection with the file path
  * set statusline+=%F - will show full filename in the status bar
  * ctrl-g - shows file path relative to vim's current working directory

Ref:- http://vi.stackexchange.com/questions/104/how-can-i-see-the-full-path-of-the-current-file